Kathy/WA's Blog – December 2013 Archive (4)

Hey I've already had a busy day. Went to work and left early thinking I would get some GS Aiden time in before mom and dad got home but NOOOO , "Mom, when you pick Aiden up at the daycare can you bring him up so I can visit with him?" "DD," I say "you get off work three hours after I pick him up, can't you wait?"

My quilt top is finally done. I even managed to get a blue border around the outside. Once quilted I will bind it with the darker material. Yes it's true I almost didn't do this quilt. When I first tried it, the piecing was wrong, the templates weren't working for me, nothing seemed to go right with this one. I was sooo frustrated with this quilt that I emailed BJ about my frustrations.

I went back to my EQ7 program and redid the blocks and gave it a whirl. I'm glad I did. I…

I've been finishing up the border on the previously posted quilt top and hopefully, hopefully, if there aren't any interuptions tonight I will get it finished. But What I was wondering is on the borders: Ever look at the quilt on the bed and wonder why we put a border on all four sides? I've done it for years 'cause thats what looks good in the pictures and made up in the instructions from all the patterns I've done over the years. My problem is, why put a border across the top of the…